TGAL Manual
BLANK Command
TGAL Commands
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BLANK Command Use the BLANK command to define a character that TGAL accepts as a text character
but prints as a blank. This character prevents unwanted spaces between words or
within equations when TGAL justifies a line and unwanted line breaks when TGAL
joins a line. The BLANK command with no argument specified clears this command.
All characters now print, including the character specified in any previous BLANK
command.
The syntax of the BLANK command is:
BLANK [ "
c
" ]
"
c
"
is any character except a blank, hyphen, or quotation mark. The quotation marks
are required. If omitted, the transparent blank feature is turned off.
Considerations
This command has meaning only if you use the JUSTIFY, JOIN, or TEXT
command.
If you do not use the BLANK command, TGAL assumes:
BLANK
Examples
These examples show two uses for a blank character.
1. The blank character in this example keeps the elements of the equation together
within a line. The character specified with this BLANK command is the
crosshatch symbol (#). Insert the character as shown.
\BLANK "#"; TEXT ON
If#a#+#b#=#c, then the parameter values found in Eq. 12
are substituted for the....
If a + b = c, then the parameter values found in Eq. 12
are substituted for the....
With the blank character, TGAL prints the line like this, inserting additional
blanks in the latter part of the sentence.
If a + b = c, then the parameter values found in Eq. 12
are substituted for....
Without the blank character, TGAL inserts additional blanks within the equation
to justify the line, as in the following:
If a + b = c, then the parameter values found in Eq. 12
are substituted for the....